Zminijietna – Voice of the Left, said in a statement today that it supports the declaration of members of the Nationalist Party that any increase in indirect taxation contributes to a drop in minimum wage earners’ revenue.

“The same concern was raised by Caritas in 2012, in its report entitled ‘A Minimum Budget for a Decent Living.’ Zminijietna appeals to the Government and the Opposition Party in Parliament to support Caritas’s proposal for an increase in the national minimum wage,” Zminijietna said.

“Recent European Statistics also reveal that, in Malta, the minimum wage income is relatively low in proportion to the threshold most commonly used in Europe – that of 60 % of the median wage. In Malta it is still at 53%,” stated Zminijietna – Voice of the Left.

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